PT-2017-17337 · Mobaxterm · Mobaxterm Personal Edition

Hyp3Rlinx + 1 · Published 2017-03-20 · Updated 2017-03-23 · CVE-2017-6805

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MobaXterm Personal Edition version 9.4

Description A directory traversal issue in the TFTP server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a .. (dot dot) in a GET command.

Recommendations For MobaXterm Personal Edition version 9.4, update to a version that fixes this issue, as using a .. (dot dot) in a GET command can allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6805

Affected Products

Mobaxterm Personal Edition

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41592 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141582/MobaXterm-Personal-Edition-9.4-Path-Traversal.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MOBAXTERM-TFTP-PATH-TRAVERSAL-REMOTE-FILE-ACCESS.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/34 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6805 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6805 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96886 · Note